Eulogies

Hip Hop is life preserver, rewinds murder/M.C. is wordsmyth, who rebirths in verses/The soul of the being, energies converted/Into imagery that flows offa these words

VERSE 1:

(A Dedication to James Cowling who was killed in the early 1990’s in Hayward, CA; he was a classmate and friend of Professor A.L.I. in his youth)

One day were dressing in our PE uniforms/The next, disbelief and stress, I would mourn/The loss of a brother, student, young father/Two decades later, your boy is still bothered/By exaggerated police reports, “the pigs lied”/No way u did, what they said you did, “while high [Like] flipping cars, shooting cops [in their] bullet proof”/Anyone who saw you smile, knows the truth

VERSE 3:

(A Dedication to Malcolm Shabazz who was murdered in Mexico City on May 9th, 2013, he was a brother in faith, ardent supporter of and close friend to Professor A.L.I.–their first conversation comprises the interludes on XFactor)